To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at wsfa.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: New Dr. Who
From: shofmann at mindspring.com (Scott Hofmann)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:03:47 -0400
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>>>>> "MB" == Mike B <omni at omniphile.com> writes:

 MB> At 02:32 PM 4/14/05 -0400, dicconf wrote:
 >> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Mike B. wrote:

 >>> have been a lot more than 27 years since then...did they take a decade or
 >>> so off somewhere?
 >>
 >> Yes.  There was a prolonged hiatus when BBC had dropped the series but
 >> wouldn't let anybody else pick it up.

 MB> Ah.  Thanks!  I wonder if that's the longest non-continuous show on TV?
 MB> Here I think the X-Files is tied with Stargate SG-1 at 9 seasons.

The Simpsons has been on continuously for the past 16 years (since 1989). If
you include the short skits using the Simpsons characters that Matt Groening
did for the Tracy Ullman show then they've been on for 18 years (since 1987).

I know that the Simpsons is the longest-running cartoon in TV history; I think
it may also be the longest-running comedy. IIRC "Gunsmoke" is the
longest-running show in TV history, but that record may exclude the news shows.

scott

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